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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
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Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:13:10 +0200
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27/10/2018 17:00, Jerin Jacob:
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > 17/10/2018 08:35, Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China):
> > > Hi Jerin
> > >
> > > As the 1st one of the 3-patch set was not concluded, I submit this 2-patch series to unblock the merge.
> > 
> > The thread is totally messed up because:
> >         - there is no cover letter
> >         - some different series (testpmd, i40e and doc) are in the same thread
> >         - v4 replies to a different series
> >         - this version should be a v5 but has no number
> >         - this version replies to the v3
> >         - patchwork still shows v3 and "v5"
> >         - replies from Ola are not quoting previous discussion
> > 
> > Because of all of this, it is really difficult to follow.
> > This is probably the reason of the lack of review outside of Arm.
> > 
> > One more issue: you must Cc the relevant maintainers.
> > Here:
> >         - Olivier for rte_ring
> >         - Chao for IBM platform
> >         - Bruce and Konstantin for x86
> > 
> > Guys, it is really cool to have more Arm developpers in DPDK.
> > But please consider better formatting your discussions, it is really
> > important in our contribution workflow.
> > 
> > I don't know what to do.
> > I suggest to wait for more feedbacks and integrate it in -rc2.
> 
> This series has been acked and tested. Sure, if we are looking for some
> more feedback we can push to -rc2 if not it a good candidate to be
> selected for -rc1.

It has been acked and tested only for Arm platforms.
And Olivier, the ring maintainer, was not Cc.

I feel it is not enough.